Since being established in 1951 RK International Machine Tools Ltd, a privately owned company, spanning three generations, have been involved in the supply of quality.Tornado F2. A ZD9. TIARA Arrives at Jet Art. Ground running Harrier GR3 XZ130 for sale; Tornado F2A ZD902 TIARA Arrives at Jet Art. Now FOR SALE; Product Sponsor for Bloodhound SSC. Buy 2015 MILLER BIG BLUE 400D, 2008 MILLER BIG BLUE 400D, 2007 MILLER BIG BLUE 400D, 2005 MILLER BIG BLUE 400D, MILLER BIG BLUE 400D at MachineryTrader.com - Page 1 of 1. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that spins while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of. The Storm Events Database contains records on various types of severe weather, as collected by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS). Now FOR SALEDecember saw an exciting new addition to the Jet Art stable. Our mission was to dismantle, load, extract and transport 2. Tornado F2. A ZD9. I don’t know about you but for starters the name Tiara is certainly doing it for me! Mineola Historical Museum features art, music, film, and other aspects of the E. Texas town's rich history! Click through the pictures to see what's in store inside. The May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence was a series of violent and deadly tornado outbreaks that struck much of the Central and Southern United States from May 15 to. How does a tornado do damage? Most of the damage from a tornado happens one of two direct ways: exposure to extreme wind or impact by. Tiara is a very special and rare variant Tornado, the trials work she conducted contributed hugely to avionics evaluation and development for a host of aircraft such as the Sea Harrier, Eurofighter and Tornado as well as testing exciting new technology in experimental trials such as airborne control of UAVs. More about her history later but it’s safe to say she did great things! The best and most unusual thing about our new arrival is that she is basically complete, in superb condition with ridiculously low airframe hours. Yes that’s engines installed, APU, Gearboxes, Avionics, Hydraulics etc. The Cockpit is also in superb order kitted out with state of the art avionics having been modified with 3x multi- function displays and a holographic head up display. No other Tornado has a cockpit like it, this is one of a kind – unique. First flown in 1. Royal Air Force - as a F2 specification Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant) she was one of only 1. F2s built. Rare then you might say but it does not stop there. These 1. 8 F2 Tornados were scheduled for upgrade to F2. A standard which was in essence the F3 but with the older RB. GR1 ground attack version) but in the end only ZD9. F2. A variant in the world. With the majority of ADV Tornado aircraft being . What you are looking at in all seriousness is basically the last virtually complete RAF Tornado ADV in existence. The end of an era it may be but this beautiful aircraft is now out of captivity, in private hands and available for sale. Ummmm I hear you say. For a Tornado that is incredibly low. Speaking to one RAF engineer he compared it to buying a car with 1. It’s clear to see why this aircraft is in such good condition, compared to the rest of the ADV fleet she lived a pampered life, rarely used and has been lovingly maintained. Regular preventative maintenance was carried out until 2. Nov 2. 01. 5 in preparation for the dismantling process. We applied electrical power from the battery master a number of times during dismantling and the cockpits lit up like a Christmas tree. Tornado ADV was designed and conceived at the heart of the Cold war as a fast jet long range Interceptor whose sole purpose was to bring down nuclear armed Soviet Backfires, Bears and Blinders as they approached over the North Sea. It’s a twin man, twin engine variable geometry swing wing fighter capable of MACH 2. This particular example was one of the first aircraft delivered to the Royal Air Force arriving on 2. OCU in June 1. 98. RAF’s all new state of the art fighter jet. Yes it keeps on getting better! This saved her from the nasty fate that awaited the majority of the other F2 Tornados who donated their centre fuselages to a number of F3’s who had undergone a contractor drilling ! I bet somebody didn’t get their Christmas bonus that year. RAE Farnborough was renamed the Defence Research Agency in 1. TIARA continued to provide sterling service for trials work including having a Sea Harrier FA2 Blue Vixen radar installed in the nose for evaluation. I bet that was a fruity combination and probably seriously outperformed the original and problematic Fox Hunter set installed in standard Tornado ADV. This aircraft had the privilege of being the last MOD aircraft to fly out of RAE Farnborough on the 1. Oct 1. 99. 4 . ZD9. This formally ended 9. Army hot air balloons. Aviation certainly had come a long way in 9. The pinnacle of TIARA’s testing career was in 2. UAV trials. A pilot flying ZD9. BAC 1. 11 airliner acting as a technology demonstrator – or surrogate UAV – providing a platform to test the operation of an unmanned aircraft from the cockpit of a single frontline jet. To collect our latest acquisition required a hefty portion of proper preparation and planning. It’s not the first time we have dismantled and moved a Tornado and as we had refined the process on more than a dozen previous occasions we had a feeling it would go like clockwork. That said, we decided well in advance that this one would be treated with kid gloves and no expense was spared to source the correct ground equipment in the form of wing stand trestles, fin stand and taileron stand. The advanced preparation certainly paid off and the aircraft came apart like a dream. It certainly wasn’t just a case of rocking up with a tool box and dads old spanners. The highlight of the dismantling job was the removal of the wing pins. In accordance with the maintenance procedure liquid nitrogen was used to contract and shrink the pins, this ensured there was no stress on the wing box when they were extracted and removed. With the wings, fin and tailerons removed by day 4 it was time to crane the load onto the low loaders for transport. Once dismantled TIARA was safely transported 2. M1. All we had to do now was unload her then back home for tea and a well deserved beer. Not bad for a week’s work! Pictured above Tiara was craned slowly off the Low Loader then lowered down to terra firma. This is a serious lump of heavy metal and fully kitted this fuselage weighed in at 1. The wings, fin and tailerons were methodically unloaded then all pushed inside the hanger for storage. Check out the gallery below to see how we unloaded the dismantled Tornado. It had been a long and hard week (a month if you include all the prep and planning) but it was entirely worth it, TIARA is a stunning airplane with serious history and she’s now available for sale to the public! See more details on ZD9. Aircraft Page. As a finishing note quite poignantly on the nose undercarriage door is a sticker applied by TIARA’s ground crew which was applied before the last flight. Strange how things work out, this aircraft was one of the first Tornado ADV’s to enter service and has ended up being one of the last survivors. This aircraft really is the last of the Few! Delivery to her new home.
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